Crop Yields Show Northeast Iowa Farmers Battled A Difficult Harvest

Osage, Iowa – A drenched harvest season has come to its close according to a USDA report.

Ninety-six percent of the state’s corn has been harvest, four days behind the five year average. Producers have harvested 98 percent of their soybeans, twelve days behind average.

In October, we sat down with the Barker operation, just north and east of Osage and discussed the challenges of getting started with the wet pattern. Now with harvest almost complete, Garrett Barker says once harvest started, it went quickly.

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